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Plasmodium vivax
| Plasmodium vivax | |
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| Mature P. vivax trophozoite | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | SAR |
| Clade: | Alveolata |
| Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
| Class: | Aconoidasida |
| Order: | Haemospororida |
| Family: | Plasmodiidae |
| Genus: | Plasmodium |
| Species: | P. vivax
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| Binomial name | |
| Plasmodium vivax | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Plasmodium vivax is a protozoal parasite and a human pathogen. This parasite is the most frequent and widely distributed cause of recurring malaria.[2] Although it is less virulent than Plasmodium falciparum, the deadliest of the five human malaria parasites, P. vivax malaria infections can lead to severe disease and death, often due to splenomegaly (a pathologically enlarged spleen).[3][4] P. vivax is carried by the female Anopheles mosquito; the males do not bite.[5]
- ^ Coatney, G. Robert; Collins, William E.; Warren, McWilson; Contacos, Peter George (1971). "Plasmodium vivax (Grassi and Feletti, 1890)". The primate malarias. Division of Parasitic Disease, CDC. pp. 43–44. LCCN 71-610655.
- ^ White, N. J. (15 January 2008). "Plasmodium knowlesi: The Fifth Human Malaria Parasite". Clinical Infectious Diseases. 46 (2): 172–173. doi:10.1086/524889. PMID 18171246.
- ^ Baird, J. Kevin (November 2007). "Neglect of Plasmodium vivax malaria". Trends in Parasitology. 23 (11): 533–539. doi:10.1016/j.pt.2007.08.011. PMID 17933585.
- ^ Anstey, Nicholas M.; Douglas, Nicholas M.; Poespoprodjo, Jeanne R.; Price, Ric N. (2012). Plasmodium vivax. Advances in Parasitology. Vol. 80. pp. 151–201. doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-397900-1.00003-7. ISBN 978-0-12-397900-1. PMID 23199488.
- ^ Crompton, Peter D.; Moebius, Jacqueline; Portugal, Silvia; Waisberg, Michael; Hart, Geoffrey; Garver, Lindsey S.; Miller, Louis H.; Barillas-Mury, Carolina; Pierce, Susan K. (21 March 2014). "Malaria Immunity in Man and Mosquito: Insights into Unsolved Mysteries of a Deadly Infectious Disease". Annual Review of Immunology. 32 (1): 157–187. doi:10.1146/annurev-immunol-032713-120220. PMC 4075043. PMID 24655294.
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